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Famosa. Global Production Strategy
Lago, AlejandroCase P-1085-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2003, Famosa, one of the top ten toy manufacturers in the world, underwent a restructuring process that entailed moving most of its production to China. This restructuring process forced the production manager to rethink the company's entire production strategy and face some fundamental challenges. On the one hand, production in China lowered costs but lengthened delivery times, which reduced flexibility in adapting production to demand. In a...Starting at €6.75
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Famosa. Estrategia de producción global
Lago, AlejandroCase P-1085Service and Operations ManagementEn 2003, Famosa, uno de los diez mayores fabricantes de juguetes en el mundo, inicia un proceso de reestructuración que le lleva a deslocalizar la mayor parte de su producción a China. Esta reestructuración obliga al nuevo director de producción a reconsiderar toda la estrategia productiva de la compañía y a enfrentarse a varios retos fundamentales. Por un lado, la producción en China abarata los costes pero alarga sustancialmente los plazos de ...Starting at €6.75
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Famosa: Global Production Strategy - Exercise
Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-71-EService and Operations ManagementThis exercise complements the "Famosa. Global Production Strategy (A)" case. In 2003, Famosa, one of the ten largest toy manufacturers in the world, underwent a restructuring process that led it to move most of its production to China. Case (A) explains the company's new production strategy in detail and lays out questions and possible solutions that production management is weighing in order to reduce production risks and improve vendor managem...Starting at €6.75
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Equitel: The Battle for Mobile Money in Kenya - Teaching Note
Lago, AlejandroTeaching Note PT-76-EFinance, StrategyThe case describes the competitive situation in the telecom and mobile money industry in Kenya after 2014. It also presents the strategic options for Equity Bank, the largest retail bank in Kenya, to enter the market as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and challenge the dominant position of Safaricom, the homegrown dominant operator. The entrance of Equity Bank (considered "another 500-pound gorilla") could mean a newly competitive landsc...Starting at €0.00
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Famosa: Estrategia de Producción Global - Ejercicio
Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-71Service and Operations ManagementEste caso ejercicio complementa al caso "Famosa. Estrategia de Producción Global (A)". En 2003, Famosa, uno de los diez mayores fabricantes de juguetes en el mundo, inicia un proceso de reestructuración que le lleva a deslocalizar la mayor parte de su producción a China. El caso (A) explica en detalle la nueva estrategia de producción de la compañía y plantea las dudas y posibles soluciones que la dirección de producción considera para reducir e...Starting at €6.75
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Tejidos Especiales Edentel 4.0 (A)
Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1169Decision Analysis, EconomicsEl caso presenta los problemas de programación y lanzamientos de producción de la compañía Tejidos Especiales Edentel, tras el inicio de sus ventas a través de Internet. Con el nuevo sistema, los clientes podían cambiar la prioridad de los pedidos en cuestión de segundos, lo que provocaba altos costes, disminución de la productividad y problemas en el cumplimiento de las fechas de entrega. Este caso está basado en el caso "Tejidos Especiales Ede...Starting at €6.75
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Gestión de la calidad, lean management y mejora continua
Moscoso, Philip; Lago, AlejandroTechnical Note PN-497Service and Operations ManagementLa presente nota resume las claves de la gestisn de la calidad, del lean management y de la mejora continua. Pretende ayudar al directivo a identificar aquellos conceptos, metodologmas y herramientas que le permitan mejorar la calidad de sus productos y servicios, asm como la forma en que los provee a sus clientes; en definitiva, para lograr hacer las cosas mejor en su empresa. Presenta, asimismo, un esquema organizativo para el desarrollo organi...Starting at €6.75
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Expansion From Products Into Services: A Necessary but Far From Easy Strategic Move
Moscoso, Philip; Lago, AlejandroTechnical Note PN-443-EService and Operations ManagementExpanding from products into services has been a leading trend among manufacturing companies over the last ten years. For industrial or consumer product companies, the idea of selling services in addition to products offer the prospect of higher sales, better margins, more customized solutions and chance to stand out from low-cost competitors. Experience shows, however, that there is also a high risk of failure. Product companies that are thin...Starting at €6.75
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Queue Management: Methodology for Basic Queue Analysis
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note gives a brief account of the methodology for dealing with stochastic queue problems in an analytic way. It is intended to be a guide for the reader to follow the process step by step. This document complements technical note PN-427 which gives a more detailed description of queue phenomena.Starting at €6.75
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PACECO: The Purchasing Decision for the Fénix Project
Mediavilla, Miguel; Lago, AlejandroCase P-1158-EService and Operations ManagementPACECO ESPAÑA is a leading engineering company specializing in the design, manufacture and assembly of cranes for loading and unloading containers, mainly in port facilities. Its American parent company was the first to patent ship-to-shore container cranes as we now know them. PACECO ESPAÑA is now undertaking one of the biggest projects in its history: to supply four ship-to-shore quay cranes to one of its main customers. Since the customer alr...Starting at €6.75